Manual Installations on Flash Media
Polytropon
freebsd at edvax.de
Mon Aug 3 19:44:34 UTC 2009
On Sat, 1 Aug 2009 14:21:02 -0700, David Allen <the.real.david.allen at gmail.com> wrote:
> I need to create a FreeBSD installation on an SSD drive (connected via a
> USB adaptor), and would like to do so manually so as to avoid the use of
> an installation CD, PXE or sysinstall.
>
> 1. Would a device alphabetical order (as used by bsdlabel) work?
I think it's no problem. My /etc/fstab looks that way:
/dev/ad0s1b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/ad0s1a / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/ad0s1d /tmp ufs rw 2 2
/dev/ad0s1e /var ufs rw 2 2
/dev/ad0s1f /usr ufs rw 2 2
/dev/ad0s1g /home ufs rw 2 2
> 2. I don't expect the system to swap, so can I dispense with a swap entry
> and have everything function normally (no error messages, etc.)?
I don't know how to "expect" swapping. As far as I understood, the
system decides by itself if to write data to / read data from the
swap file. I'm not sure if you can omit it.
> 3. Will adding `noatime' to / or any other filesystem have any
> consequences?
Yes. The access time for files won't be recorded. Using the noatime
option is often advised for the use with SSD media, so is ANY advice
that helps to minimize read / write cycles in order to increase the
life time of the media.
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Polytropon
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Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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